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C-150 pilot reported loss of aircraft control on landing resulting in a hard landing and causing the nose gear to collapse.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1739875 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Other pattern |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 850 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During landing after a pattern flight and clearance for options; I approached final to land on runway xxr; the airspeed; decent rate; power and flaps all set properly. Airspeed on final 55kt; full flaps deployed; just before the flare; suddenly the airplane hit runway hard and bounced off. I attempted a go around but aircraft quickly stalled again and hit the ground hard again. The nose gear collapsed; prop struck pavement and came to stop. There were no personal injuries sustained. I informed the tower; I was ok and came out of the plane. I was able to move the plane off runway with the help of another person who showed up a few minutes later. I called the tower after securing the plane as advised. I cannot think of any reason; other than a possible wind shear. However ATIS reported wind 310 @ 11knots without any mention of wind shear. If possible at all; improved monitoring for wind shear could be considered to prevent similar incidents in future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C-150 pilot reported loss of aircraft control on landing resulting in a hard landing and causing the nose gear to collapse.
Narrative: During landing after a pattern flight and clearance for options; I approached final to land on Runway XXR; the airspeed; decent rate; power and flaps all set properly. Airspeed on final 55kt; full flaps deployed; Just before the flare; suddenly the airplane hit runway hard and bounced off. I attempted a go around but aircraft quickly stalled again and hit the ground hard again. The nose gear collapsed; prop struck pavement and came to stop. There were no personal injuries sustained. I informed the tower; I was ok and came out of the plane. I was able to move the plane off runway with the help of another person who showed up a few minutes later. I called the tower after securing the plane as advised. I cannot think of any reason; other than a possible wind shear. However ATIS reported wind 310 @ 11knots without any mention of wind shear. If possible at all; improved monitoring for wind shear could be considered to prevent similar incidents in future.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.